Psalm 40:17 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

¹⁷ I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord of me a care doth take: Thou art my help and saviour, my God, no tarrying make.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ [As for me] I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought and plans for me. You are my Help and my Deliverer. O my God, do not tarry! [Ps. 70:1-5; I Pet. 5:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ But me? I’m weak and needy. Let my Lord think of me. You are my help and my rescuer. My God, don’t wait any longer!

Psalm 40:17 Cross References

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and indigent, afflicted sore am I, My heart within me also is wounded exceedingly.

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, he heard, and did me from all fears deliver.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd him from all his distresses.

Psalm 35:27

Let them that love my righteous cause be glad, shout, and not cease To say, The Lord be magnify'd, who loves his servant's peace.

Psalm 40:5

O Lord my God, full many are the wonders thou hast done; Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far above all thoughts are gone: In order none can reckon them to thee: if them declare, And speak of them I would, they more than can be number'd are.

Psalm 54:4

The Lord my God my helper is, lo, therefore I am bold: He taketh part with ev'ry one that doth my soul uphold.

Psalm 69:33

For God the poor hears, and will not his prisoners contemn.

Psalm 70:5

I poor and needy am; come, Lord, and make no stay: My help thou and deliv'rer art; O Lord, make no delay.

Psalm 86:1

O Lord, do thou bow down thine ear, and hear me graciously; Because I sore afflicted am, and am in poverty.